City of One: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0595414982 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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A compelling and touching memoir It didn't occur to me that I would be so touched by Francine Cournos's book. I have an interest in child welfare issues, which is why I read it. She deals with a much bigger issue than foster care -- she writes about the voluminous effect that the loss of parents can have on a child throughout his or her life. Brava, Dr. Cournos. Thank you for sharing your life with us. This is a must-read for anyone who works with children in . E. Coffin said This book helped me,as a foster child, understand so much.. I am not only a reader of this book, but the author's "foster" sister. This book helps to show how five different children brought together by different circumstances, yet raised as siblings, will develop so differently. The way the passages went from exlpaining why she felt the way she did as a child, when she later understood much more as an adult was deeply moving. She was able to do so much to help others yet unable to help. "Remarkable and Poignant" according to John R. Seita. I am using this book in a social work class that I teach at Michigan State University. City of One is beautifully written, with well-chosen words demonstrating a thoughtful approach to sharing her story and insights. Dr. Cournos' personal reflections are both thought-provoking and somewhat jarring. As a foster care survivor myself, I am taken back to my own journey of pain, loss and triumph. The careful reader will find the boo
A desire to understand her mother's death led Cournos to study medicine, during which time she began psychoanalysis, which provided her with the self-awareness she needed. Having overcome several setbacks, including a major depression, before becoming a happily married mother, Cournos is perceptive and convincing about the mark these experiences left on her. From Publishers Weekly When Cournos was three, her father died suddenly, leaving her pregnant mother with three children to support. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Cournos struggled to make herself into an adult by taking care of her younger sister and doing the housework, in hope that being good would save her mother's life. Upon her mother's death when Cournos was 11, the author and her sister went into foster care because her uncles and aunts refused to tak
I didn't know who I was without my mother. What would fill the vast space left by the disappearance of this all-consuming relationship? How would I spend my time? What would I become?" In answering these questions, Dr. Cournos offers a sharply perceptive portrait of an injured child's inner life, and the moving-even exhilarating-story of the ways in which, after much struggle and with considerable help from others, that injured child living in a foster home grew to become a happy and successful adult. "The irreversibility of what had happened crashed down on me; a nauseating wave of fear and a flood of tears followed. At once illuminating and heart stopping, City of One is an inspiring account of triumph over childhood adversity."Eloquent and moving." -New York Times Book Review "Inspiring, insightful, and thoroughly engaging, offering hope and awareness to all who have experienced pivotal losses." -Kirkus Reviews "City of One is extraordinarily moving. This is redemptive work becau